Kindergarten -- fictionhttp://www.librarypoint.org/taxonomy/term/5499/0
enThe Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyonhttp://www.librarypoint.org/pirate_of_kindergarten_lyon
<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1574">Wini Ashooh</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2778">Picture Books</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1077">School</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5495">vision</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5496">vision disorder</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5497">screening</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5498">vision tests</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/5499">Kindergarten -- fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2671">Shelf Life Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/27">Book Buzz Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/971">Kids Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/the%20pirate%20of%20kindergarten.jpg" alt="The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon" title="The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>When my son was in kindergarten, he was diagnosed with a &quot;lazy eye.&quot;&nbsp; I do not know if that is still the appropriate term to use, but the result was that he had to wear a patch over one eye (the stronger one) to force the other eye to work harder and to strengthen.&nbsp; In the book <a href="http://ipac.librarypoint.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=remote&amp;menu=search&amp;aspect=basic_search&amp;index=.GW&amp;term=pirate%20kindergarten%20lyon">The Pirate of Kindergarten</a>, by George Ella Lyon, the main character, Ginny, receives a similar diagnosis when she does not pass a routine vision screening at school.&nbsp; Ginny has difficulty seeing.&nbsp; She runs into things in the classroom, and some of her classmates laugh at her.&nbsp; Ginny loves reading but when she reads she has trouble seeing the letters, and she has to get very close to the page.&nbsp; The imagery of the letters hopping &quot;around like popcorn&quot; and the number 2 looking more like a swan help bring the reader into Ginny&#39;s world.</p>
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